Fruit-squeezer



(Model.)

T. C. NEWMAN.

FRUITSQUBEZER. Y No. 283,014.L Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE. l

THoIvIAs o. NEWMAN, oE- oHIcAGo, ILLINoIs.

FRulT-SQUEEZER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,014, dated August 14, 1883.

Application iiled October 13, 1882. (Model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1, THOMAS C. NEWMAN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLemon-Squeezers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

. ing the lemon-receptacle and said receptacle and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference of wood, and providing the receptacle with means for pouring off the lemon-juice, Ywhich may be accumulated therein, without opening the lid, substantially' as hereinafter described, and as illustrated in the drawings. y

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section.- Fig. 2 is a perspective view; and Fig. 8 is a detail, showing the arrangement of the series of perforationsin the flange of the presser-foot.

In the drawings, A represents the lower handle, which merges into a circular band, B, surrounding the lemon `cup or receptacle Gimme- `diately under the iange c encircling the mouth of the same. `Itrhas projecting in a direction and from a position diametricall;T opposite said handle two lugs, b, between which is pivoted the downwardly-curved contiguous -end ofthe upper handle,B. This upper handle pursues a longitudinal course over the lid of the lemon- ,i cup over the lower handle, being `shaped and curved so as to afford a comfortable grasp to the hand. Projecting laterally from either side of the upper handle, immediately over the lid, are lobes d, forming acircular plate, the center of which corresponds to that of the lid, the

` whole of which is adapted to give a greater bearing-surface of that portion of the handle on the lid. The lid D is adapted to cover completely the mouth of the lemon-cup, and has a portion entering said cup. Immediately un der thelid is the presser-foot E, connected to the same by a neck, e, which is considerably less in diameter than either thelid or presser-foot, thus giving to the latter a circumferential flange, g, through which is arranged a series of vertical perforations, g. The diameter ,ofwthe neck e,.being so much less than either that of the lid or foot, creates asort of chamber, G, in which, when the foot is pressed on a lemon, the juice accumulates.

In the inner circumference of the cup C, immediately under and running parallel withthe inneredge of the mouth of said cup, is a circumferential groove, 7c, semicircular in crosssection, which collects stray drops of lemonjuice and prevents the same from escaping over the rim of the cup andcorroding the metal v frame. It also serves asa channel to convey the juice thus accumulated to the outlet-chan' nel, which is made deep enough to intersect the When it is4 desired to pour out any of the juice thus accumulated, the device is inclined `to one side until the liquid iiows from the cup out of the channel h, vcut in the upper surface of the flange c of the lemon-cup on a line radiating from the center thereof. `The cup, as will be noticed,'is made secure in'position by screws passing through the band into the same, and the lid is fastened to the upper handle by a screw passing vertically through the Lcircular plate into the center of the same.

The handles and frames for holding the cup w `and lid of my invention are made of suitable metal; but the cup, lid, and presser-foot,which are brought in contact with the lemon-juice, are preferably made of hard close-grainwoodc. g., lignum-vitze, black ebony, mahogan.y,boX wood, Src. ,which do not affect or are not affected by the citric acid of the lemon. 9o

The lid and presser-foot may be made to f snugly iit the inner walls of the cup; but I prefer the construction shown and described as embodying the principle of my machine.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure byI Letters Patent, isfu 1. In a lemon-squeezer, a presser-foot connected to the lid of the lemon-receptacle and having a circumferential flange anda series of perforations in said flange, the whole adapted 10o to enter the lemon-receptacle, as and for the purpose specified. i

2. A lemon-squeezer, the ,frame of which is made of metal, having a lemon-receptacle, lid,

and presser foot depending from the same, made of wood, said lemon-receptacle having a circumferential groove immediately under and A parallel with the inner edge of the mouth of p the same, and having an outlet-channel cut laterally in the upper surface of they flanged mouth thereof, as hereinbefore set forth.

3. The Icombination, in a lemon-squeezer, of the handles A and BQ the lemonreceptac1e C, having a circumferential groove, K, in its inner surface, and having inthe flange encircling the mouth a channel, h, with the lid D, the

presser-foot E, having a fianged portion, in which is a series of perforations, y, and being connected to said lid by a neck, e, substantially 15 as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS o. NEWMAN.

Witnesses: y

JAMES H. CoYNE, FRANK D. THoMAsoN. 

